Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 09:48:28 +0100, Pavel Machek said:
>
>> Emergency Sync should not do this. Invent another key.
>>
>> ...because otherwise, if you hit emergency sync but the system is
>> still alive and relies on filesystem freezing, bad stuff will happen.
>
> Under what conditions would a system be alive and relying on freezing,
> *and* an emergency thaw would be worse than whatever reason you're doing
> an emergency sync?
>
> Hmm.. guess you *could* get into trouble if you tried to do a Sysrq-[not-s]
> and hit the wrong key - but you have the same danger if you have *any*
> sysrq- invoking an emergency_thaw and hit it by accident...
I could certainly use up another key ('z' is available for unfreeZe) but
I have the same question; under what conditions do you expect to need an
emergency sync and also need to maintain frozen filesystems as frozen?
>From a maximum flexibility and control perspective, it'd be better to
have them separated I suppose. Is it worth using up another available key?
-Eric
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